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Old 07-01-2025, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
Years ago I was hired as a consultant for a large company, 2 weeks in I got what appeared to be an email for employee training, I made the big mistake of clicking the link, which was followed in minutes by a visit from my supervisor. Lesson learned!! This was a test that was done periodically at this company to enhance security, seemed to work well.
After it happened to me, I started ignoring legitimate emails. If I got anything that looked possibly suspicious, I would call tech support to confirm whether it was fake or legitimate. I don't know how much time I wasted verifying emails but it was fairly time consuming.

But I have never clicked on a link in an email on my personal computer if I thought it might be suspicious.